Got the wind knocked from my atmosphere

I fell from a tree as
a little girl and landed
on my back, mostly unharmed  
but for about 15 seconds the wind
was knocked out of me as
I laid staring at the blue sky
neck cording as I tried to inhale  
against deflated lungs
 
it was momentarily terrifying
 
tonight I fall
face first from
your skyscraper
and land in the  
grass over the septic tank
 
my hands dig divots in the ground
mouth open-jawed  
eating  
into the earth,
a rictus of terror
as my pupils pinpoint
and my body thrashes
 
The veins in my eyes burst,
a high-pitched  
ringing in my ears becomes
an inner monologue,
and the skin of my  
neck sloughs off
from the pressure of
holding a scream
 
legs skittering like  
an electrocuted corpse
and I am too  
stunned to
be terrified
until I try  
to  
 
exhale  
 
from
your  
untended ground